From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia FX Fighter
FX Fighter
Name Race Description
Ashraf Karlakian A male bearing a somewhat Middle Eastern resemblance.
Cyben Cyben A heavily armored android.
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Jake Human A muscular, red-haired male from an overcrowded, urban world.
Kiko Kanti A red-haired female humanoid from a jungle planet who bears a resemblance to the fabled
Amazon warriors.
Magnon Magman A creature resembling a rock golem from a volcanic world.
Rygil Unknown A non-playable character and the final boss in arcade mode. He is a large humanoid with a
green face and a crew cut.
Sheba Feran An agile, female humanoid having feline traits such as pointed ears and a tail, similar to a leop-
ardess.
Siren Ursae A blue female humanoid with telekinetic powers.
Venam Manti A large green bipedal mantid.
FX Fighter Characters and plot
Developer(s) Argonaut Games FX Fighter enables the player to fight with eight charac-
Publisher(s) GTE Entertainment ters, the arcade mode requiring a fight between each un-
til the final boss, Rygil. The playable characters are:
Engine BRender
Platform(s) PC
SNES (canceled)
Versions
Release date(s) (FX Fighter) June 24, 1995 3D acceleration
(FX Fighter Turbo) Nov. 5, 1996
OEM versions of this title had support for 3D accelera-
Genre(s) Fighting tion. These were bundled with 3D graphics accelerator
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer cards of the time, such as the Diamond Monster 3D.[1]
Rating(s) ESRB: Teen
Super NES
Media/distribution
Media distribution (PC) CD-ROM A version for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
(SNES) Super FX2 cartridge
was previewed in Nintendo Power #69 and relied on the
System requirements Super FX 2 processor to deliver groundbreaking 3D
(PC) CD-ROM, 486DX 33Mhz, 4 MB RAM, 256 color VGA graphics that were otherwise unattainable on 16-bit
game platforms at the time. However, the project was
FX Fighter is a video game developed by Argonaut Games canceled prior to release along with Star Fox 2, another
and released by GTE Entertainment in 1995. It was an ear- Super FX 2-powered title for the system.[2]
ly realtime 3D fighting game to be developed for the PC.
The game was also being developed for the Super Ninten-
do Entertainment System, but eventually only the PC CD- Sequel
ROM version for MS-DOS was released. FX Fighter Turbo is a sequel that was released for the PC
The game features eight different characters, eight in 1996 with new characters, moves, environments, cos-
different arenas, movie cut scenes, and 40 attacks per tumes, special effects, network play, and support for Mi-
fighter. The player selects a character to face against crosoft Windows and the S3 Graphics chipset. As did
eight of the best fighters in the universe for a prize con- many other fighting games at the time, FX Fighter Turbo
sisting of the most powerful weapon in the universe.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia FX Fighter
followed suit with Mortal Kombat by including fatalities,
a feature not seen in the previous game.
External links
• FX Fighter at IGN
• FX Fighter at Dr. Krupp (Swedish)
References • FX Fighter at MobyGames
[1] "Diamond Announces Retail Monster 3D Gaming • FX Fighter Turbo at MobyGames
Accelerator Bundled with 10 Hot Titles This • FX Fighter review at World Village
Halloween". Business Wire. 1996-10-31. • FX Fighter review and downloadable demo at
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/ GameSpot
is_1996_Oct_31/ai_18812765. • FX Fighter demo at CNET Download.com
[2] "FX Fighter". SNES Central. • FX Fighter Turbo demo at FilePlanet
http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0125. • NintendOnline at N-sider
See also
• List of fighting games
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